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Carbon 4 Safe Water: Global Water Center’s Carbon Credit Program

A transparent, step-by-step approach to funding rural water systems through carbon finance

Many rural water systems fail due to insufficient funding

Our Carbon Credit Program, Carbon 4 Safe Water, offers an innovative solution to this challenge. We help project developers navigate the carbon markets to generate sustainable funding to maintain and scale safe water systems.

We provide 100% transparency and guide you through every step of the carbon credit process, ensuring that over time, your team can manage the process independently

Start Your Carbon Journey

How Our Carbon Credit Program Works

1

Assessment

Evaluate project eligibility and resource adequacy

2

Registration &
Certification

Navigate carbon credit standards and methodologies

3

Audits &
Issuance

Support through validation, verification, certification reviews, and credit issuance

4

Capacity
Building

Equip clients with the knowledge and tools to manage the carbon credit process independently

5

Monetization &
Revenue
Optimization

Guide developers in selling carbon credits

Scaling Carbon-Financed Water Solutions

Carbon 4 Safe Water is driving impact through partnerships with leading organizations, expanding safe water access while reducing carbon emissions.

Key Partnership Highlights:

  • Water Mission – A portfolio of safe drinking water projects in Kenya & Malawi, reaching 200K+ people
  • COVA – 1,000 new projects in Central America annually at scale, 3.7M tCO2e reductions by 2033
  • Uduma – 700 water points in West Africa, serving 200K users
  • Grundfos – Exploring water-utility scale opportunities (e.g. non-revenue water)
  • CAP (Carbon Aggregator Platform) program in East Africa – Pioneering initiative to pool resources across safe water project developers, technology platforms, business models, and geographic locations to scale safe water initiatives for small and emerging organizations that otherwise could not access the Voluntary Carbon Markets for carbon-based financing

Partner Success Stories

“Global Water Center’s Carbon Credit Program has the potential to give us the financial stability and visibility to scale our safe water portfolio faster than we could have alone. Their expertise made the process seamless, and we highly recommend them to any organization seeking sustainable funding. This collaboration has been a game-changer for reaching more communities with safe drinking water.”

Wes Meier,
Co-Founder & CEO,
COVA

“It has been a pleasure working with the Carbon 4 Safe Water team on our carbon journey in Kenya and Malawi. They are effortless to work with, talented, reliable, and professional. I look forward to our continued collaboration in securing carbon finance to sustain and scale our safe drinking water systems where they are most needed.”

Amy Nyhof,
Carbon Credit Program Manager,
Water Mission